The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-04-08
HANDSOME PARAsOLS.

thought GOd mghtnt hear me SOOr
enough. "-Overland Monthly.
HANDSOME PARAsoLs.
Styles That VIII Ee Exceedingly Popular
During the Coming season.
Parasols for spring and summer arc
made quite large, with ten broad ribs,
and handles long enough to serve al
alpenstocks. Many have the ribs
tipped with nickel or with gilt. and a
new feature is vertical stripes of ribbon
down each gore. or one broad satin.
woven stripe, or else several beaded
stripes are wrought down each gore.
The prevailing shape is an improved
Mauresque style. flatter than the cam
opy tops of last year; there are also the
Sultana and the Regent parasois. with
plain diamond or star center widely
trimmed below. with many rows OF
lace arranged as a border. Point
d'esprit net, with its tiny dots, is made
in the stylish ecru and Suede tints over
satin, and is laid in tIcks or folds
around the cores. and bordered with a
knife-pleated frill. Embroidery on
crepe lisse. especially on brown and
ccru, in small flowers. is fashionable
as covering over satin, and there is n
scalloped lisse border like lace. VcrG-
cal ribbons. separate and in stripes
woven on grenadine. are on other
brown parasols. with frill Of embroid-
cred lisse. Light-wood sticks are much
used for these dressy parasols. and are
ornamented with carving, sometimes
in three sections, Mt the end. or they are
countersunk or inlaid with darker
brown wood. or are made like dou-
blcd fiat or triangular sticks. or in inn
itation of bamboo. or they are twisted
in the even twist SO fashionable in all
furniture. and are finished with a knob
of facctcd crystal, or of the wood, or of
enamel, or of jet, either black or col
ored. Notified sticks with gilt or silver
tops. and those of natural wood with
hooks or rings, are very stylish and Of
great length; the ferrulc at the top cor
responds with the stick. and is also
very long. A bow Of ribbon of many
loops and of bright color trims the ham
die. and narrower ribbon is tied on the
ferrule. After the lace-trimmed para
sol. and those with beaded stripes, and
the open beaded mcdalliOns that show
color beneath them. are many simpler
ones of stripes. or with plaid borders
having also small plaids in the middle,
and for plain use there are pongee COW
ers. or those of dark silk-black, blue
or brown-with hair stripes of bright
colors, or with alternate stripes Of
contrasting cQlors. each half IN inch
or an inch broad. Some of the
pongecs have embroidery all over
them, the ground of long stitches
making background for daisies or
mcdallions. Black grenadine parasols
are over red. green. or other color.
with frill of lace, and light-wood ham
die. White satin parasols for the car
riage and the piazza have loops of IRE
descent beads. chenille and feather
stitching in 4 tassclcd design down
each gore. Crimpet silk tape is looped
to form fringe both for colored and
black parasols. Applique embroidery
on creamy white null is on dressy par
asols for midsummer, and there are
many of white cotton satteen with q
gay border and vine in the center.
For children are satin-stripetl parasols
with twisted handles of light-wood.
New sun-umbrellas have large ball Of
dull gilt next notified wooden ham
die, or a crystal ball, or one of black
with white enameled flowers or leaves,
or else hook of natural wood tipped
with ivory.-Harpcr's Baxar.